Beaten to death. By fellow students. Civilization, ladies and gentlemen.

Seriously, I think there should be a simple rule: Get caught hazing in ANY FORM and you are expelled and placed on a list of people who will never be permitted to enroll at a university. Ever. Set up a system that explicitly protects whistleblowers, and levy the same penalty on anyone who retaliates against those who stand up against hazing.

This penalty should be levied against everyone INCLUDING the students who consent to be "initiated". Yes, that sounds a bit like punishing the victim, but think about it -- it would give any member an excuse to refuse, beyond being "chicken". Saying that you won't go through a hazing ceremony because you really want to continue to be a college student is a stronger position to be able to take than simply not wanting to be hazed.

This should count for not just the criminals who beat their fellow students to death (those assholes should also be prosecuted for voluntary manslaughter) but the "soft hazing" committed by other groups. Yes, I'm looking at you, sororities that weigh their pledges weekly and threaten to kick out pledges who gain weight.

Wait, aren't the newbies the ones to get hazed? This guy was 26 years old and the drum major - the leader. Something doesn't make sense.

Instead of hazing gotten out of hand...perhaps...it was...



MUUUUURDERRR???

Earguy: Wait, aren't the newbies the ones to get hazed? This guy was 26 years old and the drum major - the leader. Something doesn't make sense.

Instead of hazing gotten out of hand...perhaps...it was...



MUUUUURDERRR???

I also enjoy that personification. What a talented (voice) actor.

Head_Shot: Earguy: Wait, aren't the newbies the ones to get hazed? This guy was 26 years old and the drum major - the leader. Something doesn't make sense.

Instead of hazing gotten out of hand...perhaps...it was...



MUUUUURDERRR???

I also enjoy that personification. What a talented (voice) actor.

I was torn between using the real Keith Morrison and the parody Keith Morrison.

BurnShrike: I'd beat Subby to death for not using the proper Florida tag.

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When you consider that hazing, and the attendant injuries/deaths, happen in ALL states, you might think otherwise.

donnielove: AverageAmericanGuy: Party-sized bucket of flan: Who the hell gets hazed at the age of 26?

He's a football player. They're a bit slow.

AGAIN, NOT A FOOTBALL PLAYER!

/rtfa

Football players can play the drums, dude. There's no rule against it.

;)

SaintAnky: On a side note, what the hell is up with all these random annoying video ads on the side of fark all the time now? It makes reading this page a major pain in the ass.

noscript (new window)

It can help a lot. Learn to use it, and it will vastly improve your internet experience and security.

jackthezomber: Has anyone made this a race issue yet? Cause famu is a black school, historically. I don't think it is a race issue, just to be clear. But has anyone brought that into it yet? A quick googling didn't turn anything up.

well jesus christ now it's about race.

The guy was 26 years old. Seems a little old to be involved with hazing much less the one being hazed. It looks like Florida A&M band is more hardcore than the Marine Corps. At least they don't kill their own guys.

Back in my day, the black guys just got branded. Really branded with red hot irons.

pedrop357: dahmers love zombie: Beaten to death. By fellow students. Civilization, ladies and gentlemen.

Seriously, I think there should be a simple rule: Get caught hazing in ANY FORM and you are expelled and placed on a list of people who will never be permitted to enroll at a university. Ever. Set up a system that explicitly protects whistleblowers, and levy the same penalty on anyone who retaliates against those who stand up against hazing.

This penalty should be levied against everyone INCLUDING the students who consent to be "initiated". Yes, that sounds a bit like punishing the victim, but think about it -- it would give any member an excuse to refuse, beyond being "chicken". Saying that you won't go through a hazing ceremony because you really want to continue to be a college student is a stronger position to be able to take than simply not wanting to be hazed.

This should count for not just the criminals who beat their fellow students to death (those assholes should also be prosecuted for voluntary manslaughter) but the "soft hazing" committed by other groups. Yes, I'm looking at you, sororities that weigh their pledges weekly and threaten to kick out pledges who gain weight.

Why?

It's an all-around consensual activity.

WAT. Who consents to be hazed? That's like saying pranking is all-around consensual.

You think that's bad?

You should see what San Diego's hazing rituals were like.

jackthezomber: Has anyone made this a race issue yet? Cause famu is a black school, historically. I don't think it is a race issue, just to be clear. But has anyone brought that into it yet? A quick googling didn't turn anything up.

HBO's Real Sports did a whole story on marching band hazing at traditionally black colleges. They saw this coming a year ago.

SnakeMan: Who consents to be hazed?

Pretty much anyone who goes through it.

Hazing to get into a frat, for example. No one's putting the olive in your butt or making you hold the lit match, You gotta do that on your own.

But hazing has been around FOREVER and quite frankly will remain no matter how hard you try to legislate it out of existence. It's part of human nature to fark with people. That's why every religion has a trickster deity.

Sure, sometimes people die like this. But for everyone who dies there's a whole lot more who just go home and try to scrub the smell of oilves outta their underoos.